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Many criminal incidents where victims feel police action is unlikely, go unreported – incidents like being robbed at knifepoint of a cell phone while walking home from work.
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 2026
That’s when the boys are held at knifepoint in the back of a car by two menacing Russian hoods.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
19 May 2026
At some point the driver, a 57-year-old woman, was able to get the other passengers off the bus, according to a preliminary police report, but the man continued to hold her at knifepoint and forced her to drive another seven miles.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Investigators subsequently learned she had been kidnapped at knifepoint and taken from her bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.
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Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 2026
That’s when the boys are held at knifepoint in the back of a car by two menacing Russian hoods.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
19 May 2026
At some point the driver, a 57-year-old woman, was able to get the other passengers off the bus, according to a preliminary police report, but the man continued to hold her at knifepoint and forced her to drive another seven miles.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Investigators subsequently learned she had been kidnapped at knifepoint and taken from her bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.
—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for knifepoint
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“Knifepoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knifepoint. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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